/**
 * This file is part of 1genia trampoline
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 1genia (contact@1genia.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License. 
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.TXT.  If not,
 * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
 * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
 **/
package com.genia.toolbox.basics.manager.impl;

import com.genia.toolbox.basics.manager.StringManager;
import com.ibm.icu.text.Transliterator;

/**
 * implementation of {@link StringManager}.
 */
public class StringManagerImpl
    implements StringManager
{
  /**
   * the {@link Transliterator} to use to convert accents.
   */
  private transient final Transliterator accentsConverter;



  /**
   * constructor.
   */
  public StringManagerImpl()
  {
    accentsConverter = Transliterator.getInstance("NFD; [:Nonspacing Mark:] Remove; NFC;");
  }



  /**
   * remove all accents from a {@link String}.
   * 
   * @param string
   *          the {@link String} to transform
   * @return the {@link String} with all accents removed
   * @see com.genia.toolbox.basics.manager.StringManager#removeAccents(java.lang.String)
   */
  public String removeAccents(String string)
  {
    if (string == null) {
      return null;
    }
    return accentsConverter.transliterate(string);
  }

}
